starter-kit vs Skills Anywhere
starter-kit is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑23.
starter-kit is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Diego Bodart. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Skills Anywhere is an MCP server published by noteflowai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Skills Anywhere | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace hermeticormus/claude-code-guide | Removed on 2026-10-23 Version: 2.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.19.0 Downloads/month (npm): 4 567 Downloads/week (npm): 652 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.19.0 Downloads/month (npm): 4 567 Downloads/week (npm): 652 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | starter-kitno longer listed · | Skills Anywhere |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 8 | 6 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (dsh-skills-anywhere) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/hermeticormus/claude-code-guide | github.com/noteflowai/dsh-skills-anywhere |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-20 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of starter-kit
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Plugin and skill authoring: create/edit skills, agents, plugins, CLAUDE.md files, search skills, manage dependencies
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Public Builder skills for docs-first discipline, autonomous execution, cross-agent review, local-first Rewind memory, efficient agent workflows, clear status recaps, Agent-Native…
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cc-bootstrapper
Automation bootstrap for Claude Code. Analyzes any project and generates a complete .claude/ structure with agents, pipelines, skills, memory, hooks, and settings.
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External tools integration skills for CLI utilities, APIs, and third-party services
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Complete toolkit for building and distributing Claude Code plugins, skills, hooks, subagents, slash commands, marketplaces, and MCP servers
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Core agents and commands required by all plugins
What each says it does
starter-kit
A code reviewer and a teaching agent, project setup, test, and explain commands, a skill template, and a hook that formats files Claude edits.
Skills Anywhere
Discover and load Agent Skills from configured local directories and Git sources over stdio MCP.
How to run each
starter-kit
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Skills Anywhere As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio dsh-skills-anywhere -- npx -y dsh-skills-anywhere mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: starter-kit · What it can do: Skills Anywhere · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.